Year Last Seen:

1670

Comments:

This recently-described, probably flightless rail was likely driven Extinct in the late 17th century as a result of hunting pressure and predation by introduced rats and cats.

Habitat:

Little is known, but it is likely to have been flightless (Hume and Walters 2012).

Causes:

Presumably …

Year Last Seen:

1662

Comments:

This species was found in Mauritius, but is now Extinct as a result of hunting by settlers and nest predation by introduced pigs. Birds thought to represent the last individuals were killed on the offshore islet Ile d'Ambre in 1662.

Habitat:

It was mainly a …

Year Last Seen:

1650

Comments:

This species formerly occurred on the island of Réunion. It was probably driven Extinct after the island was colonised in the early 17th century, as a result of habitat loss, hunting or predation by invasive species.

Habitat:

Nothing is known, though it is likely to …

Year Last Seen:

1623

Comments:

This woodpecker was recently-described from subfossil remains. It is likely to have persisted into the 17th century, but is long Extinct.

Habitat:

This species would probably have excavated nest holes in Sabal bermudana palm trees and in rotten limbs and stumps of hardwoods; these excavations …

Year Last Seen:

1612

Comments:

This species was endemic to Bermuda, but was likely driven Extinct by invasive predators following human settlement of the island in 1612.

Habitat:

Nothing is known.

Causes:

Invasive predators likely drove this species to extinction.

Distribution:

This extinct taxon was known only from Bermuda.

References …

Year Last Seen:

1610

Comments:

This species is known only from subfossil remains. It likely became Extinct during the early 17th century as a result of invasive predators and hunting for food by human settlers.

Habitat:

The species may have fed on large land crabs (Olson and Wingate 2006).

Causes …

Year Last Seen:

1603

Comments:

This raptor was described from fossil records, and is thought to relate to raptors observed on Bermuda in 1603. It is long Extinct.

Habitat:

No clear information pertaining to this species was ever collected.

Causes:

The cause of extinction is unknown, but may have been …

Year Last Seen:

1600-1700

Comments:

This species likely became Extinct during the 17th century as a result of predation by rats and hunting by human settlers, although may have survived in remote areas until the 18th century.

Habitat:

Remains were found at widely spread locations on both the North and …

Year Last Seen:

1550

Comments:

This species was endemic to the island of St Helena, but is thought to have been hunted to extinction shortly after the island's discovery in 1502.

Habitat:

It may have bred throughout the island and foraged over the open ocean.

Causes:

Predation by people and …

Year Last Seen:

1550

Comments:

This species was known from St Helena, but is now Extinct. It was presumably driven to extinction by hunting soon after the island was discovered in 1502.

Habitat:

Nothing is known.

Causes:

It was large and flightless, and therefore probably hunted to extinction by humans …